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Model specific boards => Golf mk3 => Topic started by: shepgti on 10 October 2009, 13:52
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can anything be done about a noisey cambelt?the belt is only a few months old so its not a worn belt :undecided:
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Was the tensioner done as well?
Have you checked the belt tension?
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tensioner was done aswell, has been silent since it was done has just decided to start being noisey :angry:
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Re-check the belt tension.
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Re-check the belt tension.
+1. You might find it has "loosened" up since it was fitted.
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good thread to start actually, beat me to it...
mines more of a squeek..?
anyone with awesome advice??
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how can i tighten the tnesioner without using right angle circlip pliers?
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Cambelts dont normally squeek. The noises you are hearing are likely to be your pulley drivebelts.
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It will only squeak if you get oil or fluid on it. Shouldn't be possible if the covers are fitted properly.
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Since its a toothed belt it would have to be really loose to squeal, but then again you havent said what the noise is like :huh:
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Since its a toothed belt it would have to be really loose to squeal, but then again you havent said what the noise is like :huh:
is just a contant squeeking noise.. i just assumed it was a belt of some sort
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I get a squeeky pulley belt sometimes when starting from cold, soon goes once the engine is warm. I reckon one of your pulley belts needs tightening up. Try feeling the tension of your pulley belts by pushing and pulling on them
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im no mechanic.. where and what is the pulley belt?
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He means your fan belts for the alternator, water pump, power steering etc. :smiley:
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i had all my belts done not too long ago... might get him to nip em up when he has the car next week for mot!
we could bring the josho trick up here, lol
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I have same annying sound. but it only happens every now and again when i first start the engine. then it eventually goes as it warms up.
I will find out what it is eventually :smiley:
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aux belt, alternater bearings.
i have a sort of noise, wouldnt say it was a squeek but not too disimilar. its coming from the aux belt area, the belt is fine though so not worried. my 1.4 did it also, and most mk3s i have walked past have had the noise! i just ignore it.
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Yes the water pump too, if you over tighten the belt it f**ks the bearings.
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to replace the circlip pliers you can get a fork, and bend out both the outer "spikes" whatever you call them lol.
Cambelt should twist 90 degrees at the longer end (between cam pulley and intermedate pulley)
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i had all my belts done not too long ago... might get him to nip em up when he has the car next week for mot!
we could bring the josho trick up here, lol
:grin:
He helped me out with mine, used a small allen key, into one of the holes and pushed it down against the nut, then did the nut up with a spanner then torqued it up.
As Khare said, the cambelt should twist 90 degree's on the longer end.
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spray some WD (Not bucket loads) on belts while running if the noise goes then its just belt squeel, if it dont you need to have a look. :smiley:
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As said before, it sound like another belt squeaking or a pulley, possibly from the water pump, alternator or powered steering pump.
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spray some WD (Not bucket loads) on belts while running if the noise goes then its just belt squeel, if it dont you need to have a look. :smiley:
I wouldn't. I think its been said before that any oil based stuff eats rubber.
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spray some WD (Not bucket loads) on belts while running if the noise goes then its just belt squeel, if it dont you need to have a look. :smiley:
I wouldn't. I think its been said before that any oil based stuff eats rubber.
Tiny mist to stop the belts squeeling while you listen for rumbly bearings and shagged pump aint gonna hurt, trust me :smiley:
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noise is definately coming from the pas pump area, how hard a job is it to replace the pump as my steering is very heavy..
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noise is definately coming from the pas pump area, how hard a job is it to replace the pump as my steering is very heavy..
Easy enough to sort
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spray some WD (Not bucket loads) on belts while running if the noise goes then its just belt squeel, if it dont you need to have a look. :smiley:
I wouldn't. I think its been said before that any oil based stuff eats rubber.
Tiny mist to stop the belts squeeling while you listen for rumbly bearings and shagged pump aint gonna hurt, trust me :smiley:
an aa man did this to a pajero i was in when it broke down+ he said it was fine, does it all the time
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with rferance to changnig the pas pump, is it a case of draining the fluid and bolting on/off pump?
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with rferance to changnig the pas pump, is it a case of draining the fluid and bolting on/off pump?
Yes, plus you may / will need to bleed the sytem when it is all back together.
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with rferance to changnig the pas pump, is it a case of draining the fluid and bolting on/off pump?
Yes, plus you may / will need to bleed the sytem when it is all back together.
whats there left to bleed if i have drained it before removing the old pump??
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with rferance to changnig the pas pump, is it a case of draining the fluid and bolting on/off pump?
Yes, plus you may / will need to bleed the sytem when it is all back together.
whats there left to bleed if i have drained it before removing the old pump??
When you refill it, bleeding it gets any air out.
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with rferance to changnig the pas pump, is it a case of draining the fluid and bolting on/off pump?
Yes, plus you may / will need to bleed the sytem when it is all back together.
whats there left to bleed if i have drained it before removing the old pump??
When you refill it, bleeding it gets any air out.
ahh gotcha :wink:
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with rferance to changnig the pas pump, is it a case of draining the fluid and bolting on/off pump?
Yes, plus you may / will need to bleed the sytem when it is all back together.
whats there left to bleed if i have drained it before removing the old pump??
When you refill it, bleeding it gets any air out.
ahh gotcha :wink:
No worries, I have fitted a few in the past, feel free to pm if you need any info.